The conversation regarding our schools has been enlivened in recent years by advancements in technology, the publication of searchable NAPLAN results, the nationalisation of the curriculum, and the Gonski review of school funding.

I loved school. I loved my school, in particular, the school that saw me through from six-year old prep to 18-year old prefect. This was one of the places I learned to be me, to make life-long friends, to build my faith, to believe that the world was waiting for me to take my place in it.